November 12, 2009
HTI will be exhibiting at the International Poultry Exposition.
HTI will be exhibiting at the International Poultry Exposition in Atlanta GA, Jan 27-29 Booth 1825
For more information visit:
www.internationalpoultryexposition.com
October 27, 2009
HTI and PHP Equipment Srl have partnered to market HTI’s SALT™ Gasification technology in Europe.
HTI signed a contract with PHP Equipment Srl of Italy to perform an engineering study using SALT™ gasification technology to reduce livestock waste and produce energy.
The feedstock will consist of cattle manure and agricultural crop residue. PHP Equipment Srl is anticipating a spring 2010 start date.
HTI and PHP Equipment Srl have partnered to market HTI’s SALT™ Gasification technology in Europe.
If you are located in the European Union, and would like more information about HTI’s process, please contact:
Via F. Meda
1-I-20058 Villasanta – Mi
Telephone 39-039-2325453
Fax 39-039-8900070
P. via 04368830966
http://www.phpequipment.it/
Contact: Amadio “Eddy” Angelini, Sales Manager
October 23, 2009
Alternative energy facility opens to accolades in Howard City.
Sietsema Farm Feeds was the site of a commissioning ceremony as Heat Transfer International (HTI) of Kentwood and The Right Place Inc. of Grand Rapids partnered with Sietsema to officially open a facility to convert turkey waste into steam and electric energy for feed production. The operation is housed on a 40-acre site at 19117 Lake Montcalm Road next to the Sietsema grain elevator just south of Howard City.
View article here :
http://www.thedailynews.cc/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=30891
October 21, 2009
Heat Transfer International Secures Manufacturing Partner for Waste-to-Energy Power Generation Equipment.
Kentwood, Michigan (October 21, 2009) – Heat Transfer International, (HTI) a leader in engineering and installing waste-to-energy systems announced a manufacturing agreement and sale of minority equity interest to Morbark, Inc. of Winn, Michigan. HTI's systems convert biomass to energy through SALT™ gasification. Morbark is the world’s leading manufacturer of size-reduction equipment for organic materials. The agreement, which will create dozens of green manufacturing jobs in Michigan, calls for Morbark to make a capital investment in HTI and to manufacture the biomass conversion systems engineered and marketed by HTI.
View document here :
Morbark Press Release 10-21-2009
September 4, 2009
Heat Transfer International's biomass energy plant in Howard City, Mich., featured in Biomass Magazine and Michigan Farm News.
Biomass Magazine:
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3024&q=sietsema
Michigan Farm News:
http://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20090830/cover.xml
August 25, 2009
Goutam Shahani, Chief Revenue Officer joins the team at HTI.
Goutam Shahani received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bombay; a Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, and a Masters of Business Administration from Lehigh University. Before joining the team at HTI, Goutam worked for 27 years at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, PA, where he held various engineering, business development and marketing positions in the chemicals and gases divisions. His most recent position was Commercial Development Manager, where he was responsible for developing opportunities for merchant gases in the renewable energy market.
August 25, 2009
Grand Rapids Business Journal: HTI builds biomass energy plant.
HTI completes the biomass energy plant at Siestsema feed mill in Howard City that is the first of its kind and could dramatically increase its owner's energy independence.
WZZM online article and video:
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_story.aspx?storyid=112812&catid=14
Business Journal report on WZZM news:
http://www.grbj.com/GRBJ/ArticleArchive/2009/August.htm
August 18, 2009
HTI featured in the Watt Poultry USA magazine August 2009 edition.
Article covers HTI's custom-built 23 million BTU per hour gasification system for the Siestsema feed mill.
View magazine here :
Watt Poultry USA Magazine August 2009
August 04, 2009
HTI selected as a 2009 Innovation Michigan Award Finalists.
Heat Transfer International was selected as a 2009 Innovation Michigan Award finalist.
For further information, please refer to page 2 in the 2009 Innovations Publication (download below).
Download PDF here :
2009 Innovations Publication 3.pdf
June 25, 2009
HTI is moving!
Effective June 25th, our new contact info will be:
4720 44th St SE, Kentwood, MI 49512
Phone: 616-551-5420
Fax: 616-551-5424
May 20, 2009
Dave Nelson, Chief Technical Officer joins the team at HTI.
Dave Nelson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He has 26 years of experience in design and manufacturing within the automotive and the environmental cleaning solutions industries. Prior to joining HTI, Dave was the Director of Global New Product Development for Tennant Corporation. During Dave’s 10 years with Tennant he held the positions of Chief Engineer and Director of Research and Development before being promoted to Director of Global New Product Development.
April 28, 2009
HTI approved for a Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone.
HTI approved for a Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone by the Michigan Commission of Agricultural for their new corporate office located in Kentwood, Michigan.
For more information download PDF here:
RenewableEnergyRenaissanceZone.pdf
March 16, 2009
HTI is appointed to the Michigan State University Biosystems Engineering Industrial Advisory Board.
March 15, 2009
Wind is at the back of West Michigan's fledgling renewable energy industry.
GRAND RAPIDS -- Solar power is hot. Wind turbines are terrific. But will renewable energy power up jobs as fast as Michigan's auto industry is switching them off?
Read entire article here:
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/03/wind_is_at_the_back_of_west_mi.html
March 4, 2009
HTI Turkey-Waste Gasification Project Moving Ahead in Michigan — Featured in "Hart Gasification News".
Michigan-based gasification technology supplier Heat Transfer International (HTI) confirmed to Gasification News last week that a $3 million project to gasify turkey wastes from the Sietsema Farm Feeds facility (at Howard City, Mich.) aims to start-up in August.
For more information download:
Hart Gasification News PDF
March 01, 2009
Turning solid waste into energy — Featured in "Biomass Products & Technology magazine".
For Sietsema Farm Feeds of Howard City, Mich., turkey is not a word that brings once-a-year memories. Turkeys are a way of life and an entrance into the leading edge of alternative energy initiatives.
For more information visit:
http://www.gobiomass.com/article.cfm?id=25857
February 26, 2009
Heat Transfer International turns manure into power!
This summer, the process begins to transform manure from 1.3 million turkeys at Sietsema Farms at Howard City into energy to run Sietsema Farm Feeds.
For more information visit:
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/02/heat_transfer_international_tu.html
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